[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 23, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15508-15509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06568]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-857]


Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From India: Rescission of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

DATES: Effective Date: March 23, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Spencer Toubia, Enforcement and 
Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-0123.

Background

    On September 1, 2015, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review 
of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain oil country tubular goods 
(OCTG) from India covering the period of review (POR) of February 25, 
2014, through August 31, 2015.\1\ The Department received timely 
requests for review of GVN Fuels, Ltd. (GVN), Oil Country Tubular 
Limited (OCT), and United Seamless Tubulaar Pvt. Ltd. (USTPL) \2\ and 
it published a notice initiating an administrative review of the AD 
order on November 9, 2015.\3\ USPTL timely withdrew its requests for 
review on December 11, 2015.\4\ Hilcorp Alaska LLC (Hilcorp) timely 
withdrew its request for review of OCT on January 25, 2016.\5\ Energex 
Tube, a division of JMC Steel Group, TMK IPSCO, Vallourec Star LP, 
Welded Tube USA Inc, Maverick Tube Corporation, and United States Steel 
Corporation (collectively, Petitioners) and GVN timely withdrew their 
respective requests on February 12, 2016.\6\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative 
Review, 80 FR 52741 (September 1, 2015).
    \2\ See Letter to the Department from Petitioners, ``Oil Country 
Tubular Goods from India: Request for Administrative Review,'' dated 
September 29, 2015; Letter to the Department from Hilcorp Alaska 
LLC, ``Oil Country Tubular Goods from India: Request for 
Administrative Review,'' dated September 30, 2015; Letter to the 
Department from USTPL, ``Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From 
India: Request For Administrative Review,'' dated September 30, 
2015.
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 80 FR 69193 (November 9, 2015).
    \4\ See Letter to the Department from USPTL, ``Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review of Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From 
India--Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,'' dated 
December 1, 2015.
    \5\ See Letter to the Department from Hilcorp, ``Withdrawal of 
Request for Administrative Review; Case No. A-533-857 Antidumping 
Order on Oil Country Tubular Goods from India,'' dated January 25, 
2015.
    \6\ See Letter to the Department from Petitioners, ``Oil Country 
Tubular Goods from India: Withdrawal of Request for Administrative 
Review,'' dated February 12, 2016; Letter to the Department from 
GVN, ``Oil Country Tubular Goods from India; Withdrawal of 
Administrative Review Request,'' dated February 12, 2016.
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Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the parties that 
requested the review withdraw the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. 
USPTL's December 11, 2015 withdrawal request, Hilcorp's January 25, 
2016 withdrawal request, Petitioners' February 12, 2016 withdrawal 
request and GVN's February 12, 2016 withdrawal request were submitted 
within the 90-day period (as tolled for the snow emergency) \7\ and 
thus are timely. Because these requests were timely and no other party 
requested a review of GVN, USPTL, or OCT, and because GVN, USPTL, and 
OCT were the only companies for which a review was requested, we are 
rescinding this review in whole, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(1).
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    \7\ See Memorandum from Ronald Lorentzen, Acting Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, to the Record, Re: 
``Tolling of Administrative Deadlines as a Result of the Government 
Closure during Snowstorm `Jonas,' '' dated January 27, 2016, in 
which the Department exercised its discretion to toll all 
administrative deadlines by four business days.
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Assessment

    The Department will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on 
all appropriate entries. For GVN, USPTL and OCT, the companies for 
which this review is rescinded, antidumping duties shall be assessed at 
a rate equal to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties 
required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for 
consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). The Department 
intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the date 
of publication of this notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as the only reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement may result in the presumption that reimbursement 
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antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double 
antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 
written notification of the return/destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to 
comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 751 
of Act and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: March 17, 2016.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2016-06568 Filed 3-22-16; 8:45 am]
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